# Oh, it's a peanut butter maker! Uhh ... thanks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314 "2012-03-20T14:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/41 "2012-03-20T19:05:53Z")
I’ll also note that the little paper ketchup cups are inadequate to catch the running glop that is dispensed. I watched someone get peanut butter all over his hand and then got a cereal bowl for the job. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/42 "2012-03-20T19:06:19Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Are any employees or clients under 12 years old? Peanut butter and fruit is what is served at daycare. Not anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/43 "2012-03-20T19:30:26Z")
I would love that. I add peanut butter to my oatmeal every morning. ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/44 "2012-03-20T19:38:05Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I’ll also note that the little paper ketchup cups are inadequate to catch the running glop that is dispensed. I watched someone get peanut butter all over his hand and then got a cereal bowl for the job. This made me laugh far harder than it had any right to. I’m glad to read that you have cubed ice. My envy was reaching unbearable levels. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/45 "2012-03-20T19:50:27Z")
I can only picture Mr. Burns saying, “Let them have their tar-tar sauce…” Voila, the employees at **Ascenray’s** company are more productive and there are fewer accidents. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/46 "2012-03-20T19:54:12Z")
A cereal bowl of peanut butter for a snack - I would weigh 400 pounds if I worked there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/47 "2012-03-20T19:59:51Z")
Needles to say, I didn’t fill the bowl! Just one squirt. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/48 "2012-03-20T20:02:23Z")
That is an awesomely odd addition. I have to keep that in mind, see the staff is all talking about the peanut butter machine and didn’t even notice we didn’t give out bonuses this year. Win! Truly an odd addition to a work place pantry. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/49 "2012-03-21T12:49:53Z")
Having tried the fresh, organic, natural peanut butter, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not for me. It has a gritty, sandy texture, not a buttery one. In fact – TMI to follow – Much of it came through undigested the next morning Also, it doesn’t have the fullness of flavor that commercial peanut butter has. It needs the other ingredients like salt and sugar to round out the flavors. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/50 "2012-03-21T15:13:28Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Having tried the fresh, organic, natural peanut butter, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not for me. > > It has a gritty, sandy texture, not a buttery one. In fact – TMI to follow – > > Much of it came through undigested the next morning > > Also, it doesn’t have the fullness of flavor that commercial peanut butter has. It needs the other ingredients like salt and sugar to round out the flavors. Eeeew! Please, next time, give us an indication of the _type_ of spoiler you are going to provide. Everyone, this is about bathroom functions, not about further consistency of the peanut butter as I had thought. And I agree, btw - I don’t like fresh, organic, natural PB. It’s gross. ---
**Author:** ![Sethcrzygy86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Sethcrzygy86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sethcrzygy86)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/51 "2012-03-21T15:30:12Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I’m imagining Homer Simpson with his mouth under the peanut-butter machine nozzle. “Mmmmmmm…peanut butter.” Funny I would say they didn’t buy that peanut butter machine. The head of the company probably got it as a gift and figured he’d score points by giving it to the employees. It’s probably a way of regifting ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/52 "2012-03-21T15:34:12Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Having tried the fresh, organic, natural peanut butter, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not for me. > > It has a gritty, sandy texture, not a buttery one. In fact – TMI to follow – > > Much of it came through undigested the next morning > > Also, it doesn’t have the fullness of flavor that commercial peanut butter has. It needs the other ingredients like salt and sugar to round out the flavors. > [@Anaamika](#): > > Eeeew! Please, next time, give us an indication of the _type_ of spoiler you are going to provide. Everyone, this is about bathroom functions, not about further consistency of the peanut butter as I had thought. > And I agree, btw - I don’t like fresh, organic, natural PB. It’s gross. it is about the consistency of the peanut butter just further than you thought. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/53 "2012-03-21T15:34:53Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Eeeew! Please, next time, give us an indication of the _type_ of spoiler you are going to provide. I did. I said it was a TMI. Why would the consistency of peanut butter be a TMI? TMI’s are by definition ewww. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/54 "2012-03-21T16:07:28Z")
The first rule of TMI club is you don’t actually say WHY its TMI! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/55 "2012-03-21T16:23:57Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I did. I said it was a TMI. Why would the consistency of peanut butter be a TMI? TMI’s are by definition ewww. I thought you were going to say “It looks like poo”. Only, more graphically. ETA: Billfish made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/56 "2012-03-21T17:01:57Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I’m just imagining the executive meeting at which the bigwigs decided that what we need is a peanut butter maker. I imagine it went something like this: One Boss: We have to cut back on benefits. How are we gonna tell them? Another Boss: Put a frozen yogurt machine in the kitchen to distract them. They’ll love it. CEO: I like the cut of your jib AB, but yogurt’s no good. What we need is a peanut butter maker! Everyone else: (murmuring agreement with some hesitation) Okay. You da man. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314/57 "2012-03-21T17:09:37Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Now I want peanut butter. I literally have 5 (or 6) boxes of samples in my car that I need to drop off; want me to swing by? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-its-a-peanut-butter-maker-uhh-thanks/616314.md?page=2)